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Feature: How U.S. Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes

Maya Sen assesses the institutional and compositional features of U.S. federal courts that tend to bias them toward conservative policy outcomes.

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Feature: The U.S. Place-Based Policy Supply Chain

Dani Rodrik and Gordon Hanson document how vertical policy supply chains distribute resources from federal and state governments to recipients at the local level.

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Feature: How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?

Lotem Bassan-Nygate theorizes that by shaming human rights violators abroad, governments can improve their image at home but may encourage tolerance toward certain domestic violations.

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Feature: Thinking (about Peace Science) in Time

Erica Chenoweth speaks to colleagues in the peace science community, reflecting on the world events that have shaped their scholarship and how researchers might think about the current geopolitical moment.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Attacking the Elites: What Critics Get Wrong—and Right—About America's Leading Universities

Bok, Derek. Attacking the Elites: What Critics Get Wrong—and Right—About America's Leading Universities. Yale University Press, 2024.

Higher Expectations: Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century?

Bok, Derek. Higher Expectations: Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century? Princeton University Press, 2020.

The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges

Bok, Derek. The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges. Princeton University Press, 2017.

The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions

Bowen, William G., and Derek Bok. The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions. Princeton University Press, 2016.